Sony Ericsson T280a

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The Sony Ericsson T280a is a run of the mill candy bar style phone that is designed with the average user in mind. However, as is the case with many of the newer Sony Ericsson phones, the Sony Ericsson T280a does not forsake design just because it lacks features. Instead, the Sony Ericsson T280a is actually a rather impressive looking phone – especially for one that is designed with the common consumer’s needs first.

Announced in January 2008, the Sony Ericsson T280a is an America bound GSM phone with no roaming capabilities. This means that, like CDMA phones, the Sony Ericsson T280a can only be used in the Americas. There is, however, a different handset available for the European and Asian markets. Furthermore, the Sony Ericsson T280a has no 3G support, instead relying on the older and slower GPRS network for low speed data transfer.

Measuring in at approximately four inches by two inches by a half of an inch, the Sony Ericsson T280a is a rather small device. It also weighs an amazingly light 82 grams, making it one of the smaller and lighter candy bar phones on the market.

Battery life on the Sony Ericsson T280a, like all Sony Ericsson phones, is better than most of the other devices on the market. Expect to get approximately seven hours of talk time or 300 hours of standby time on a single charge.

One of the drawbacks of the Sony Ericsson T280a is the small and bland main display. With a resolution of 128 by 160 pixels and a color depth of 65k, the Sony Ericsson T280a’s main screen looks like it belongs to a phone released in the early 2000s.

The Sony Ericsson T280a also features a digital camera with 1.3 megapixels of resolution and four times digital zoom.

Other features include an FM radio, 10MB of built in memory, Bluetooth 2.0 support, a large phone book, an alarm, a calendar, a notepad, a to-do list, a calculator, a stopwatch, and a speakerphone.

Pros

* Slim, small, and attractive
* Long battery life

Cons

* Limited by frequency support
* No 3G support
* Lack of features

Overall

The Sony Ericsson T280a is a great phone if you really have no desire whatsoever to own a phone with modern features. Instead of buying this device as your primary phone, use it as a backup phone or as a phone for a young son or daughter or for an aging parent or grandparent who won’t care about having all of the fancy features in their device. All in all, there are better free phones on the market, but the Sony Ericsson T280a would make a great backup phone in case of an emergency.Cheryl Mcqueen is the author of articles such as Sony Ericsson T280a, Sony Ericsson Cell Phone Reviews, and Cell Phone Reviews. Visit Sony Ericsson T280a.